02 Oct 2024 midday – Whether devotees should perform shraddha ceremony (Hindi) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • About shraddha ceremony, pinda-dana.
  • The story of a sinner who rejoiced in hell because a Vaishnav was born in his dynasty
  • Pravritti-marga (the path of karma) and nivritti-marga (the path of renunciation)
  • Karma is like digging a mountain and finding only a rat.
  • Why Mahaprabhu went to Gaia
  • Advaita Acharya offers the first plate of prasad at the shraddha ceremony to Sri Haridasa Thakura.
  • Feeding one Vaishnava has the fruit of feeding a billion brahmanas.
  • How to properly chant the holy name
  • Chanting of harinama and gayatri-mantras will not bear fruit unless one follows the Guru’s instructions.
  • Chanting the holy names and listening to hari-katha at the same time is an offence, as one cannot do both attentively.
  • Chanting the holy names destroys both pious and non-pious activities, so that you do not come back to this material world.
  • If you give water to a Vaishnava, you will get back millions of oceans (wealth).
  • The power of bhakta-pada-dhuli, bhakta-pada-jala and bhakta-bhukta-avashesha.
  • Sita Devi performs shraddha to Dasharatha Maharaja
  • How Gokarna liberated his sinful brother Dundukari.

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